January SFS2015-A

My first month of posting! I'm sooo excited!  Ok, here goes....

MONTH: January

SPENT: $12.00-  I ordered the Hope, Dream, Imagine, and Believe chartpack from the talented Ms. Joan Elliott.  I want to do it as a set to go with the purple green blue butterfly.  My plan is to replace Joan's colors to match the ones in the butterfly pattern.  

EARNED: Nothing.  The 2 projects that I completed were started in 2014, so I don't think they count anyway.  (I'm not sure because I don't really understand the "earned" part yet...if someone could explain I would greatly appreciate it!)

But!!!! I have had 2, that's right.... Two finishes since January 1st!! I finished them through the turtle trot challenge.  I guess I can include them in the SFS ... Someone will have to let me know if I can't. 

First up is a wedding dress pattern I bought from Etsy.  This one was started last year and I only had a little bit to finish on the bottom of her dress.  

Next is just a little pattern called Take Time....but it's a finish! I started this one last year sometime... and if you follow my turtle trot post, you will see how much I've done.  There was only a little bit of the blue water done when I picked it up again.







STITCH FROM STASH: Nothing. I'm still working on 10 pieces from the turtle trot.  I'm hoping to have another finish for February month, then I'll replace the finish with a stash pattern.  We shall see.

Anyway, so far for January I've worked on:
1. Dockside quilt
2. Take time finished 
3. Mirabilia Red
4. Mirabilia Winter Queen
5.Whole Lotta Latte
6. Butterfly girl
7. Converted pic to pattern of my cat
8. Rocky Point
9. View from a window
10 .Wedding Dress finished
10.Purple Blue Green Butterfly (replaced the wedding dress lady)

You can see all these patterns in my January Turtle Trot post.



BUDGET CARRIED INTO FEB: $18.00 for a total of $43.00  (because Canada's currency stinks and $30 equals $25 US)

I'm so excited!!!


Happy Stitching!

Art Lady Nouveau FINISHED!

Started Sept 6-27.  All done except wash, iron and frame of course. 

I think she turned out so pretty! 

Now.... What to start next....

Happy Stitching!

Another finish!

Just have to trim the fabric, wash, iron and frame.  I think it's so cute!!!

Now.... What's next...

A whole lotta notta

I had to put away the pattern for a whole lotta latte which can be found in my previous post here.   I think working on the black fabric gives me migraines.   So it's in my "one of these years days I'll finish that" bin.

I have a finish to show as previously posted! It's called happy camper and I think it's very fitting considering we bought a camper this year!  As soon as I laid eyes on the pattern I knew I had to do it! 

It's by "imaginating," and I ordered it from 123stitch.com. There are a few things I left out of the pattern. Sort of tweaked it to my liking. Also, it's supposed to have a green background but I didn't like all the green, so I just left a little in the foreground.  

Next is a little something "fun" I did to put in the camper.  It's a "just in case you forget" kinda thing. I thought it was cute hehehe. In case you don't get my sense of humor....it's on the bathroom counter.  My apologies about the poor lighting.

I have a little bit of progress to show on my dockside quilts.  Original post can be found here.

This is before:

And this is after.... approx 7-10 days of stitching:

Another one I am working on is called rocky point.  I don't work on this very often.  I love love love the pattern, but I only work on it in between projects or while I'm waiting for a new pattern to come. 

Happy stitching!

Another finish!

Just washed it so now I have to wait for it to dry so I can iron it and get a frame.  

Now... What WIP should I start next!

A finish for 2014 and a new start!

Finished Feb 14/14

Loved doing this piece. It was a very fast stitch.  

And a start on sandcastle dreams...

I've started the water and got most of it done on one side.  This is a fast stitch so far as well.  I'm expecting it to slow way down once I start the girl and the sandcastle!